Example sentences of "is [verb] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | WORK in the community is paying off for dedicated staff at Corporation Road Baptist Church in Darlington . |
| 2 | The investment in Penguin 's 12 merchandisers is not high , he says , and is paying off in increased business . |
| 3 | The orchestra is certainly very accomplished and is shown off to good advantage in quite a big bold and well-detailed recording made at St John 's , Smith Square . |
| 4 | All this is set off in grandiose fashion by the wide pearl binding . |
| 5 | The map shows the village is close to the sea , has a natural harbour , but is cut off from nearby large towns by hills and a large marsh . |
| 6 | As the lower dome is too large to fill the square space it is cut off in vertical planes formed by the four walls of the square . |
| 7 | Not only for the quality of its own World of Guinness display , which is rounded off with traditional sampling of the renowned product in the bar , but also for the sheer beauty , and the quality of light and space of the exhibition galleries . |
| 8 | It is also undesirable because , if the glider is bounced off by bumpy ground , it will fly back into the ground heavily a few moments later . |
| 9 | But we can follow or reject the blueprints ; we can consciously master some , but not all ; and , as we have emphasized , unless all hope is killed off by dire early environments , a psychological growth process continues throughout life . |
| 10 | A RED DEVIL MARK Hughes is sent off by Danish referee Jan Dangaard for a second bookable offence long before Manchester United 's mission to Moscow ends in bitter defeat . |
| 11 | This policy , especially useful for those who plan to stay together , such as couples or blood-related buyers , covers the whole amount so that if either of you die , the whole mortgage is paid off in full . |
| 12 | In the few authorities where waste goes to modern landfills and methane is piped off for positive use , there is some energy payback , but there must be more incentive to separate the 40 per cent of the domestic waste that is vegetable-derived , and recycle it as compost . |